THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING... (Wdt, Autocomb, Moonraker, NCD, etc)
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TIME CUES:
0:00- Introduction
0:55- BetterHelp
2:20- Distribution Tools and Explanations
6:06- Grinding and Dosing
7:09- Important Notes
9:47- Data Analysis and Graphs
12:08- Are Needles Actually Suboptimal?
13:55- Direct to... Dosing Cup for the Win?
15:14- Context is Key 
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EDIT: Before saying "you should've used a more clump prone grinder," consider the results. The BEST method is exactly the one that actually ADDED clumps and caked grounds. You're working from a completely unproven baseline of WDT is necessary for declumping. This has never been proven. Even with clumps and caked grounds, the shaker was the best. Tamping seems to alleviate clumps. This was hypothesized years ago by Perger and even more recently by Samo Smrke, the university professor of Chemistry whom I consulted in this video. Cheers
Love this kind of content! Thank you Lance for challenging assumptions and expanding our understanding!
Aaahhhhh! I just ordered a spirographic WDT tool 😩 should have been a tumbler instead! We have to talk about your video timing😜
man you nailed my objection. i was going to go on about grinders then i read the before you.... amazing analysis Lance.
How did the shots tasted? Or they were only measured the TDS? Because you might be getting better extraction but the shots might have a worse taste.
Thank you I wish you could have included that mahlkönig cup shaking I to your project to see if just a cup like that is sufficient.
Maybe the real distribution tool is the friends we made along the way
Best comment
lame.
The real wdt was within us all along.
I'm a huge fan of my umikot wdt and I can print More of em as needed. Definitely showed me I'm not as good at manual wdt as I thought I was.
@jeffmattel7867 Let me counter. A cartoon of a grandpa and his small grandchild were looking at all the tools neatly on a board in his garage. The child asked "What are those for" grandpa said "to make friends".
Tools are just that. It'll do the job but it's more than that.
It's kind of hilarious that shaking grounds around in a jar does a better job than some Rolex looking complex wdt thing
A lot like a $20 Casio does a better job at keeping time than a $10k Rolex
coffee boiz with their overpriced tools:😧😭😖
@@Valspartame_Maelstrom you think that shaking jar isn't overpriced? (it's freaking $80)
@@vuongnh0607l I bet I can 3d print one for a few cents, the same as I can 3d print the “moonraker” AKA Umikot, and the biggest expense is 10 acupuncture needles.
@@vuongnh0607l (I never said this fancy doo-dad was cheap)
i really like the new direcction of the videos. Feels concise, just as informative, but way more to the point.
Couldn't agree more.
There's so much more than just that IMO. Allow me to ramble:
Even if it was a segue to the sponsor, from the very beginning at 0:37 he briefly mentions 100 shots in a single session, same roast and environmental conditions. This is a recurring theme throughout the whole video but it starts here and to me it says .
Then, all of Chapter 3 (2:20 to 6:00) was spoken, filmed and edited super precisely, without pointing to that fact and also without overdoing it: each tool was dedicated the right time for something interesting to be said about it.
At 6:36 I worried for a split second that someone walked in front of the shot, giving an end to the level polish I had been watching so far. I was super pleased when I saw that it was intentional, well-made transition. And yeah, it's a pretty fun one at that
Daddy Hoff will be proud of you Sir Lancealot
I agree!
Is this video medieval? Because I like Lancealot.
Haha 😂😂😂😂
lol
are the grounds distributed? I thought in a monarchy all land belongs to the king
Hahaha. I see what you did there. You must be a history buff....
Get out
Lance why are you such a gift to the coffee community?
🥲🥲🥲
There were four extra words, that while also very true, could easily be left off and you'd still end up with a deep fact. Lance is a gift ❤
Agreed!
I've always maintained that WDT is more significant the less consistent the equipment (grinder) is. These results seem unsurprising and logical to me.
I think a much more interesting experiment would be to do this with an entry level grinder (ESP, SGP, etc.) and maybe a baseline home machine (Silvia Pro X?) and see how the different methods compare, perhaps including grinding direct to the portafilter as well.
Hopefully people take Lance up on the offer from Dr. Gange, because if there are enough people who replicate the experiment on their own equipment the sooner we get your exact answers.
At last someone making a valid point instead of meat riding the creator. All these nick nacks are there to fix the issues of using a set up that costs a fraction of this £10k plus one. If I spent £3500+ on a grinder I would hope that it has done all the hard work for me. Doing the type of experiments done here just has no relevance to anybodys real world daily coffee making.
@thetache the comment I was looking for…
@@Thetache phoar he's out of line, but he's right lol
I appreciate that we would want to hold the grinder as a controlled variable, but maybe not the best choice to pick one that isn't creating the issue we are looking to resolve with wdt.
I don't think this invalidates the test completely though tbf a lot of people are grinding into dosing cups with good grinders and still going ham with wdt afterwards
Valid point, @@Thetache. However, I find it really hard to believe people investing 500 coins on their setup will invest 400+ (ie: Moonraker) on a distribution tool.
How James Bond of you Lance. “Shaken not stirred” 🍸
So thats how you do an Espresso Martini. No WDT!
Lance, you are the only channel on YT that has outdone the Hoffster for me. It's incredibly rare to find someone in any passionate community who can step back, avoid biases as much as possible and rely on the scientific method and that's exactly what you're providing here. I love it, please keep up the amazing work, it's extremely valuable to us coffee nerds.
Fantastic. Thank you. I am a data person and really appreciate the effort, time and analysis that you put into these videos. Though many variables are in play, you make an effort to keep the experiment as pure and consistent as possibke through out. That's great. Keep the great work. Hope your channel grow a lot!
I appreciate the format of the last couple of videos (method, data, explanation) while streamlining the delivery. This is very well presented as usual. Thanks for the effort!
Excellent Video! Time also flew by, loved the presentation and the way you made your "biases" perfectly clear as in what exactly you did and how it might affect others (grinding directly into the portafilter) differently. Great Job Lance!
So what I see here is that you've tested more or less the worst scenario (meaning the best grind and least clumping from the get go), which makes these tools have less to do.
I would love to see the opposite. You could keep the grinder etc as you already have, but instead introduce more clumping before doing your tests. An idea could be pouring the coffee in, do a tamp, and THEN rip all up using a spoon or similar, use the chosen tool afterwards, then retamp.
Then you should have introduced a lot of clumping and should allow as much as possible of the declumping to the tool you're testing.
But as always, great videos. Great that you are testing as vigorously as you do
I agree in general, but tearing up a tamped grounds will be horribly inconsistent and quite far from reality. Better to use a more common household grinder in the 150€-500€ range, which would also be a far closer match to a home barista setup.
@@Sebb747 that was my initial thinking too. But I then realized that a household grinder would add lots of variability in grind size too, making them unreliable for this sort of testing.
That’s exactly what I was thinking and feel like this definitely needs to be redone before Lance praisers go preach this message everywhere that blind shakers are 100% the best.
Agreed, these were already distributed via 1 method, so he’s really just resting a 2nd layer of distributing making this entire test/video useless
It's a neat idea and a fun experiment, but I don't see how that actually makes a difference for reality. If the shaker was doing enough and in less time while the other tools weren't able to improve upon the base scenario it created... then I'm not sure the data coming out of this artificial tamp and break would say much that's useful.
Lance, your timing with these videos has been unreal. I'm currently saving up to upgrade from a 53mm machine to a 58mm, so researching what accessories I want to buy to accompany this.
Your tamping and distribution videos have both changed my mind on what I am getting, and I love you for it. Keep up the good work legend
This is fantastic Lance!!! The results are surprising yet not surprising. I've often wondered if all the "things" we do to try to get the best results are counterproductive or doing nothing at all. This proves, at least in your controlled testing, that may be the case. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into these tests, and for putting yourself out there knowing the coffee community can be less than receptive to information that my counter their current views. Keep up the great work, and nice job on the camera work and edit Hugo!!
Just bought the Blind Shaker.
Been asking myself this question since I first started as a Barista.
And Lance always has the answer. ♥
Wow, revelation! Love it. Would love to see follow up video that hones in on the weber shaker with ocd, surface wdt, and nothing. Thank you Lance!
Lance, your content is excellent. I love how you refer to experts when needed. This video once again hits the mark. Excellent work, and good on you for not being influenced by popularity. It is a breath of fresh air, and makes us realise how sometimes over complicating our espresso is not helping.
I’ve seen significant improvement in the evenness of flow since watching this. I shake a few times with my dosing cup against my portafilter and then lightly tap/WDT to get the surface even. Even if the surface doesn’t look perfectly even, this has taught me that the evenness of the bulk matters more than the surface.
Well shit. You've made me order an $85 metal cylinder. Thanks for that, sir. 🤣
Cheaper than a $200-400 spinnny needle thing at least.
You produce awesome content. So much information with so much emphasis on communicating the important facts. Thank you for putting your content out.
I think that, WDT and the Moonraker and such, the grounds are being sorted with the smallest grinds at the bottom and the largest to the top. The problem being that grinds of a larger size, are getting less water contact time. In the blind shaker, even distribution where the fines and boulders are homogeneous, it produces an even flow (Pearl Jam). It's less like mixing chocolate chips in cookie dough and more like mixing sand, gravel and rocks with water, the sand will always find its way to the bottom, and then the gravel then the rocks. So we are left with the 007 of distribution, shaken not stirred.
Shots arrive like butterflies
Came for the enlightening comment. Stayed bc Pearl Jam
Wow Lance there so much work has gone into this video. As a newbie your videos are a fanatic source of information you’ve really helped me improve my espresso. This morning I tried a good old shake before transferring to the basket and really just sorted out the puck surface with the WDT tool and double tamp. All the espressos were a significant step up from where they’ve been, extractions were way more even . Wife said her coffee this morning was a life time best ever. Basically you and your teams vid just justified all the money I’ve spent of a coffee kit. I owe You big time!
Thank you Lance for all these recent brilliant uploads. This in particular, relived me from massive frustration that I was going to change my grinder.
I was directly grinding into portafilter and getting really skewed results. All fixed now, thanks to a few shakes before dosing!
This changes everything! Love that you really go through your methodology and that your graphs show all the data points. Guess that I have to find a blind tumbler instead of the WDT. Also a quicker step than WDT before every shot.
Very insightful experiment! Thanks for your dedication Lance!
Lance, you are killing it. These highly informative videos with super surprising findings are the bomb. I loved this one and the AeroPress video, making me rethink what I think is true about extraction.
Wow Lance there so much work has gone into this video 👏. As a newbie your videos are a fanatic source of information you’ve really helped me improve my espresso. This morning I tried a good old shake before transferring to the basket and really just sorted out the puck surface with the WDT tool and double tamp. All the espressos were a significant step up from where they’ve been, extractions were way more even . Wife said her coffee this morning was a life time best ever. Basically you and your teams vid just justified all the money I’ve spent of a coffee kit. I owe You big time!
Good on you. For being so upfront with your personal stuff. ❤
I grind to the Sette 270's cup. I shake it a bit. Throw it into the basket. Gentle tap. Wdt. NCD like distributor. Tamp. Puck screen (i don't like the concentrated water flow of my machine). Extraction time.
Love the video. I rarely comment on anything, but that transition from 6:37. Man, that was beautiful
Great video Lance. 👏
Thanks, Kyle!
Lance vs kyle.
Lance does a video with Kyle's new coffee
Thanks Lance, your focus and dedication to the detail is appreciated.
Thank you so much Lance for giving us an excellent base line to further test against. 🎉 I need to up my patreon donation. Surely you’ve more than earned it.
I have to say that music added to the video is a nice touch! Great work Lance, thanks 🙏
Crazy work... And mind-blowing results ! Thanks (once again) for that.
Great video @LanceHedrick!
Really enjoyable content and nice work rocking the boat.
Good info. Thank you for your dedication Lance.
Really really liking the style of these last two videos. Snappy and informative. Really great stuff here
Mind blown, thanks Lance!
Awesome work! Makes absolute sense when you think about it: Shaking homogenizes the grounds so that fines, boulders and everything in between is distributed as randomly as possible and thus giving an even flow through the puck. Clumps don't matter as they are smashed by tamping.
What WDT in contrast does, is distributing a significant "mass" of grounds around the basket. While not necessarily bad, it is not actually "mixing" all the differently sized particles around at random, as the shaking does. So there will be areas with more fines and slower flow as well as areas with less fines and faster flow and basically channeling. So even though the "mass" of grounds is distributed around in the basket evenly, the particles themselves are not mixed evenly. If done excessively (and depending on consistency of the technique) it should probably even cause the fines to separate and migrate to the bottom.
Amazing and thank you. Love the data driven approach.
Thank you for this! I have been grinding straight into my dosing cup for some time because I found the most consistency.
Lance, thank you for this video. I've been holding off a WDT of some sort for years, not thinking much of it and grinding direct to portafilter. After this video it points me in the right direction and I'll try out grinder direct to cup, shake, then portafilter.
Holy shit the editing and pacing in this video is insane. Well done
Thanks for the hard work Lance, amazing data!
I find grinding into a glass container and giving it a Good bang and a stir with a Wooden cocktail stick,then pouring into my portafilter and a next tappetey tap then tamp with spring tamp + puck screen (no water added to beans)
Using a niche zero,I believe the destat is essential 😺
Nice, basically a DIY shaker
These last 2 videos have absolutely killed it with the quality of data and practicality. Thanks man
Only one question, does higher extraction yield make a better tasting coffee always? In the audio community what measures great does'nt always sound better than that which measures worse. Keep up the good work.
Also wondered the same.
If I remember correctly, the belief in this metric is that higher extraction yield in the shot = a better overall distribution of water over the grounds, which directly correlates to a more uniform distribution of grounds in the portafilter and lack of clumps or other physical abnormalities, prior to the tamp. An inconsistently distributed, clumpy basket would thus be limited in terms of extraction in comparison to one where water is allowed to flow evenly over the entirety of the puck.
The short answer is “no.”
The long answer is that it depends on the coffee. Some coffees taste best at 23% extraction. Some at 17% extraction. Some in between or outside those numbers. What matters is being able to consistently control what variables you can to adjust the extraction predictably and reliably.
At the end of the day, what matters is how the shot tastes, and if you had some nerdy fun along the way then that’s even better 😁
It sounds like the shaker is doing a macro management of the grounds, and distributing them very well. The needles do something closer to a micro management. And with micro management, you are almost working on every grain of ground coffee individually. With a perfect micro, you shouldn't ignore any ground until you reach the optimum management level.
The needles are not small enough to only affect one ground at a time, so it's not a perfect micro. But possibly, it does quite a little in terms of macro, and leave tons of grounds untouched. And possibly, it hurts some grounds, because the grounds are not necessarily managed well.
I agree. The shaker is mixing fines and boulders to make the grounds more homogeneous. Excessive WDT might even make it less homogeneous as the fines fall to the bottom and the boulders stay on top.
I personally find that fluffing in a small, rounded bowl is even better than shaking in a cup with corners. It does the macro homogenation while also avoiding clumping. But maybe it’s just a matter of technique. Don’t shake the shaker like it’s a cocktail; toss the contents like it’s a salad. And if WDT is needed to break up clumps, do it first, then toss, pour, level, and tamp.
Glad I found this video! Lance, you’ve come along way since the Brevelle espresso days in the beginning!!
Thanks you so much for the video, my 78s Sculptor grinder is finally acting seasoned:) Shaking and tidying the top is working a treat.
Hi @RobertW80, do you use the dosing cup of timemore for shaking?
@@dirkverlinden913 Hi, yes, I use the dosing cup of the 78s, but then a funnel and my 'cute' 45mm baskets for a ponte vecchio lever machine.
After grind size, distribution is the one thing that changes my shot the MOST.
what grain size do you recommend ? medium big or little grind ?
Always raising the topics covered one level Lance, it's a pleasure that you share these experiments!
Brilliant Lance. Enlightening. Thank you.
YES FINALLY!! Great vid as always man! Love your new style of vids as well! Keep up the good work
Thank you Lance for the great Video and your insights! Really awesome how you generate that much data!
Great video at the perfect time. I've been struggling with one sided extraction no matter how much I use the wdt method. It was only the day before your dropped this that I pondered whether it was caused by sitting the portafilter on the grinder holder as it was throwing the grinds towards the handle. Simply holding the portafilter and moving it around proved the plausibility of the idea as i had back to back perfection extractions after this.
This video has expanded on that and filled in the blanks.
Can't wait to play with some shaking.
Cheers dude
My main reason for using the 3d printed Umikot is that it makes the puck prep consistent, no matter what, and I haven't really had any bad shots since I started using it, which certainly wasn't the case before. I often had channeling issues, probably because I wasn't paying attention or had a sleepy head, and I have the feeling this saves me from all of that. Could I have better extraction using another method? Maybe - but I'd also have a lot more terrible shots too.
Great video! Interest results, I would like to know if the shots were also tasted to check which method pulled the best tasting shots. Just curious because higher extraction doesn’t always mean better tasting shots, so the combination of this data would be more helpful I think
Another great video! Keep up the fantastic work!
Laance you're on your way to revolutionize puck prep, we need to get to the bottom of this 😊
I wanted to try this out after seeing this video. I have a hand grinder and I put the receiver cup with ground beans on my porta filter with a dosing funnel, gave it a shake, did a little manual WDT just to get the top surface flat… and honesty best cup so far!!!! Thank you Lance!
To get the top surface flat, instead of WDT are you open to trying his tapping method instead?
@@error.418I always tap the bottom of the porta filter once, lightly, on the a silicone mat that’s sitting on my counter. Just to get the beans off the edge of my dosing funnel. Feels satisfying. I personally feel like it’s more accurate / consistent than hitting it on the side with my hand
@@craigbagolphoto Oh you can mix the two, mat tap for initial settle, than side taps to even things out
Morning Lance, I really liked the style of presenting your findings! In the future it would be helpful for me personally if you'd make a little colored mark in the finding sheets when you talk about specific points in your results. Specifically shot time and extraction sheets were shown for a few seconds and then your got to the next subject. You might argue: pause the video and so on, but I don't want to. You got an interesting subject, you present very good, but with the speed you have I am getting a bit behind comprehending and would like to see the sheets a bit longer and some highlight markers over the current subject.
Content wise it really helped me. I use a sage expresso grinder, cheaper than the weber and it really helps not choosing to grind into portafilter and try the shaking the grounds in the container method. Thank you for the effort! Gratings for Germany. ❤
Being obsessed with work flow I often thought about these different tools. I preferred the dosing cup and shaping before so much info came out and that being one of the earlier barista tools to be around. It’s nice seeing some data supporting that tool. If I ever get behind the bar it’s nice to know I can stick to simple tools without the faf
Interesting results and insightful speculation. As one of your many viewers, thank you for the effort you put into these projects! It is truly appreciated and valued.
Fantastic video Lance, really appreciate it!
Fascinating; I wouldn't have predicted that, and would've assumed that shaking would cause a bit of clumping despite distributing the grounds. Guess I need to buy one of those blind shakers!
The video editing has always been amazing but this video is so well done.
Wonderful to share! I made a tool using an old spirograph toy. I just like using it. Once i tested skipping it, and the coffee seemed worse, but it could be confirmation bias. Having seen this video i will definitely try the test again.
It would be great to see this kind of analysis on an ‘average’ home machine with direct to portafilter grinding. I’m guessing this is how the vast majority of viewers are making their espresso? I’m guessing 99% professional baristas are also grinding direct to PF and perhaps wondering which are really the most effective distributions methods.
Looking back and actually putting things into perspective, I’ve always shake the coffee grounds in my dosing cup and shake it again in my portafilter and did a surface level WDT. This has been the most consistent method for me.
I’ve used the OCD tool to kinda make it an even ground but I found that those shots tend to be the most inconsistent.
This video was great ! Thank you for the thorough explanation and willingness to experiment for all of us!
Thank you for all the effort you put into this.
Since most people don't have a Weber shaker the results won't help unless we all get a Weber shaker :(
This is absolutely a breath of fresh air. Ive been going nuts trying to justify buying a 3d printer for a Umikot or just buying a Moonraker. Knowing that just SHAKING my grounds in my dosing cup will simplify my morning workflow so much.
Definitely trying the shaking method first thing tomorrow morning
Ha, fantastic! I have done pretty much that (shake shake shake) from when I first got my Robot about 4 years ago. The beauty of that deep basket makes it possible to be pretty aggressive without excessive spillage.
Love the B-roll shots from Hugo. Also in the French Press Video. Great job!
Oh man, my blind shaker is giving me the, “I told you so” look 😅😅😅
Well done! Thanks a lot!
Incredible research
Shocking that Blind Shaker makes such a difference. I’ve been using a WDT followed with two OCD’s calibrated at different depths and finished with a tamp.
When I had a $200 grinder, I wasn't able to pull decent shots without Wdt. So as you said, a cheaper grinder could benefit greatly from the Wdt. I think the Webber grinder does such a good job with particle distribution that from that high baseline you can only screw it up with Wdt.
your best video yet, incredible content with great editing, shots and voice-over
The funny thing is there was no voice over. All filmed. He just edited it this way. I just spoke the whole time lol
I've been practicing the "grind from my Niche into a tight fitting portafilter cup and shake, shake, shake, cheap Amazon Ikape Spring Tamp 1x and twist" method for a while because I was too lazy to do anything else. Turns out that could be as good as any gadget I could buy or 3d print. As a chemical engineer that is a slave to the scientific method, i always trust your reviews more than others. In god we trust, others bring DATA. Thanks Lance!
One tip: rather than shaking hard like an ice cocktail, toss gently like a salad. Mix, but don’t clump.
Really interesting results, counterintuitive at first but makes sense. The bottom of the bed is critical and a quick shake works better than all the fancy tools that disrupt a simple process. Thanks for doing the testing to teach the community
Very helpful video, thank you. I appreciate the effort you put into this
I have a Eureka Mignon Libra (weight based) grinder. When grinding directly into a naked portafilter, my friend and I consistently noticed that the same half of the basked would saturate/extract before the other half. After many more shots, we realized what Lance confirms here at 7:00. Manual WDT has been mandatory ever since due to the way that the grounds are unevenly deposited into the portafilter.
Since I have a DF64, I dose in its cup, then put it directly on top of the portafilter just like you did at 14:15. The problem is that IF you don't shake most of the coffee sits on one side... basically there's more ground on the side that falls first. So I use needles (cheepo WDT tool) to distribute. Strangely enough, and as you mentioned, WDT doesn't do much about this. There is still more ground on one side, so much so that after tapping the PF on the kitchen top, I have to "touch up" the surface and move some grounds to the other side. I'll try to change the routine and simply shake like you're preparing a cocktail (although it will probably be slightly messy as the cup isn't a perfect fit), and then touch up the surface. Then see if I get more consistent shots, since I log every shot anyway.
14:15 was a great lightbulb moment for me. I have a Cafelat Robot and a Timemore 064s, and the dosing cup fits perfectly into the portafilter. I'll be trying this out, no needles this week.
Dude, this is great! To echo everyone else, nice and concise 👍.
Bought the level tamper based on last video. I think I'll stick with manual WDT with a more aggressive rake since i dose directly onto PF.
Keep it up!
That’s bloody interesting, Lance. Since getting a EG-1 I used its Blind shaker, then WDT and usually after that a tool like the one you used with the fins just because I liked how consistent the top layer looked after it. Never thought about doing harm to the great work the shaker already was doing, so thanks for this video! Maybe I’ll get the Moonraker for the two extra spins as you mentioned Doug said to you. Could, of course, just as well just adjust my use of the WDT tool I already have, but the Moonraker looks so awesome haha.
This is wild. I’ve been doing the shake up with our little black Fellows cup and it’s looked really good. I’d shake it up with the portafilter cupped on top and then shake it down in there. Made sense to me. Interesting to see that’s the way to go.
Appreciate your research! God bless!
Very interesting results! At the end of the day I think you are correct in saying that we are over doing things. Like any hobby people always seek methods to improve the process, but sometimes the best way to improve the process is to do less (remember the KISS method). This also shows that for some the goal isn’t necessarily better or improved extractions, but more as a flex to who has the most expensive tools and keeps up with the current and popular trends. Me personally, I just want the best cup of coffee possible and at the same time enjoy tinkering. 😀 Thank you for another great video, I always enjoy your content.
thanks...now you gave me a bunch of work to test this myself
Awesome video, super fascinating. Knowing what we know now from the data, would have been nice to include a dosing cup in the testing. I use a niche so a dosing cup is part of my workflow and I noticed that sometimes grounds can pile up on one side when you flip the cup over. Typically I don’t bother w/wdt unless the grounds look uneven post dosing into the portafilter. Glad to see that this supports that wdt isn’t always necessary.
so shaker, leveled tamper, top screen, bottom paper for ims/vst style baskets, no bottom paper for expensive baskets unless for cleanliness or on a fancy machine, freeze or wet your beans before grinding, do cupping, and buy good beans
As always this is well presented, entertaining and informative!
Definitely enlightening, would be insteresting too see the same experiment but dose the baskets with a normal dosing cup (and dose the blind shaker from a normal dosing cup)
EDIT: would also be nice to hear about the flavour difference if any, as we know higher extraction doesn't always mean better
Yes. Normal dosing cup vs blind shaker vs versa cup vs magic tumbler.
Yes and also grinding directly in the portafilter
Don't know about tasting 60 espresso back to back. I wouldn't sleep for a week.
@@Serafiniertyou’d be dead for OD’ing!
@@carlesmiquel slurp and spit lol
I really wish you would have included the Duomo distribution tool in your testing as well
This is gold dust Lance, I’ve been using WDT (0.35mm) for a year with my decent de1 and didn’t notice a huge difference but have always ground into a dosing cup. Part of me wondered if I was just pushing the grounds around with WDT rather than improving distribution/declumping.
Your hours of work here is super helpful, thanks again. 👍